I guess I should add that my pulse is anywhere from 85-102 when I am relaxed and sitting, and it goes up to 126-180 when i'm walking or going up stairs. Any idea what's up? I need reassurance... Especially before I go back to school monday :)

You seem to have what is happening to me ,i feel breathless even when the doctors say im fine and that it is only anxiety,even when I seem ok its always there its so annoying and heart rate goes crazy too even when im ok , my doc is sending me 4 a ecg but says it will b fine. You need to get help from the doc or a counceller as you do have anxiety and you need to knock it on the head , dont leave it for years as I did.
As for your exams dont get stressed your health is more important than that........

Alright, thank you, I was just wondering if these were normal symptoms of anxiety. I have one more question.


If it is in fact a chemical reaction that is causing the shortness of breath and the rapid heart rate, then how can this 'cycle' be broken? Is the only way to get better to take meds? As of now it's not so much a psycological thing as i'm not really anxious at all. Thanks for any help, and if anyone has any past experiences with this please write me.

My gp says that it is normal to have these symptoms when you are not panicing when you have anxiety,which I myself dont understand that,im on med and counclling 4 this as it on become a right burden on your life.

I don't understand this either csmuk. I do, however, have a couple of questions for you or anyone else who is capable of answering them:

1. How long have you been doing the therapy and medication?

2. Is it getting any better with time or do you have to be on meds for life?

3. Noticed anything that makes it better?

I want to get better soon. I miss my chocolate :d thanks (email me if you'd rather)

My biggest fear is vomiting! I get so scared of being sick. This started when I was about 9 years old and we went to a school outing to the theater. There the actor pretended to be sea sick! At that time I thought oh my god I feel sick too!!! And had a major panic attack (but of course I wasnt sick) the doctor put me on medication and I flipped out (it made me worse) I wouldnt even leave my bed just in case I got sick. I went off the medication. Mum took me back to the doctors and he said I couldnt beat this if I didnt take medication. I said "wanna bet?" there was no way I was going back on those meds. So I beat it!! The way to do it is to keep your mind occupied all the time. If you find yourself in a situation that scares you (in the movies etc) take a breath in for the count of 3 and out for the count of 3 and do this for 10min always watching the digital clock as for every 10 breaths you do (for the count of 3 in and out) is one minute. So if you look at the clock after every 10 breaths the clock ticks over a minute. Here is the trick, by doing this you are not thinking about how you are feeling you are counting your breaths and watching the clock and watching it tick over to the minute!! And you forget and you start to settle down!! It might take 30minutes at the start but please believe me it does work!! Another thing to do is talk to yourself out loud!!!! Tell yourself you feel fine, watch tv, clean the kitchen and have fun!!! I can now do anything. Dont get me wrong im still scared of being sick but I can control it. Dont look into your condition (anxiety) talk yourself out of it. It's hard work but it can be done.